Words from your sponsored friend

There’s something magical about receiving a letter from your sponsored friends. You can see and touch the words they’ve written, providing a window into their lives as well as your own.

Sandhya, left, helps her sister write a letter to her CFCA sponsor.

We’ve collected some special quotes from those who sponsor and those who are sponsored:

“The reason I am writing is to thank you with all my heart for the help you sent my brother and our family for so long. It was a blessing because all that he received, thanks to your financial support, was for the benefit of our home and especially for him because your support enabled him to study medicine in the university.” (From “Brother writes letter after sponsored youth dies“)

“From the first time the girls ripped open an envelope from Regina, their world expanded from our small town to another place where people don’t live as we do. It was a lesson in geography, economics, philosophy, even English. Most importantly, it was a humbling lesson of humanitarianism.” (From “Regina’s gift to her sponsoring family“)

“The two of us have felt very proud to be able to watch you, in some sense, to grow up from a very little girl to the strong and able adult that you are now. We have been very lucky to have been able to help you in some small ways, and we would wish to have been able to do even more for someone whom we have come to love and regard as a very special granddaughter.” (From “We will meet again“)

Finally, I couldn’t resist adding a quote from my sponsored friend, who’s too young to be writing letters yet. His mother writes for him. She told me that in Kenya, the weather was very hot. “Victor received your letter … and he was envious to hear that the weather where you are is very cold and snowing.” (Personally, I wouldn’t mind borrowing a little weather from Kenya to Kansas!)

Now it’s your turn! Can you share with us in the comments something that your sponsored friend recently wrote to you?

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Our 1st sponsored child in Guatemala is now 21 and has a year old son. She recently wrote that she is taking tailoring courses and to learn to use a weaving maching and to make aprons, blouses and many more things. She wants to keep learning and we are so grateful to CFCA for allowing her to continue her education and allowing us to continue sponsoring her to help her and her family. We met them in 1999 and 2003 and encourage anyone who has not gone on a Mission Awareness Trip to do it. The trips really opened our eyes to the difficulties that our families deal with and meeting our 3 sponsored children and their families were life-changing events. They are all part of our family and we love them so much. Thanks so much to all the CFCA staff for making all of this possible.